The basketball hoop represents the pivot around which this romantic research revolves. Like an atlas, the book presents a collection of photographs from places around the world, taken directly on-site by the artist or his friends, and with the help of Google Earth Pro. With the obsessive repetition of the subject, the aim is to recreate a space where feelings of joy, freedom, and belonging were experienced while playing basketball. Like an echoing voice that slowly dissolves, the image of the basketball hoop repeats itself until it transcends its recreational function and becomes an idealised space of our imagination.
Print:
Offset+digital print
Printed at 0816—Vienna
Type:
Zaklad in use by Szymon Sznajder
Editorial New in use by Mathieu Desjardins (through Pangram Pangram)
Selected Hoops from the book chapters
Photography Research
2019—Ongoing
Pics ©Francesco Dipierro unless otherwise stated w/ ©Author
GEP: Google Earth Pro
Hoop I — GROUND
Hoop II — DOWN
Hoop III — PORTABLE
Hoop IV — PORTABLE PLUS
Hoop VI — HIDDEN
Hoop VIII — BACKBOARD
Hoop X — RIM
Basketball Hoops
Ball don’t lie.
Self Publishing and Visual research
2023
Volume 1
Edition of 150
The basketball hoop represents the pivot around which this romantic research revolves. Like an atlas, the book presents a collection of photographs from places around the world, taken directly on-site by the artist or his friends, and with the help of Google Earth Pro. With the obsessive repetition of the subject, the aim is to recreate a space where feelings of joy, freedom, and belonging were experienced while playing basketball. Like an echoing voice that slowly dissolves, the image of the basketball hoop repeats itself until it transcends its recreational function and becomes an idealised space of our imagination.
Print:
Offset+digital print
Printed at 0816—Vienna
Type:
Zaklad in use by Szymon Sznajder
Editorial New in use by Mathieu Desjardins (through Pangram Pangram)
Selected Hoops from the book chapters
Photography Research
2019—Ongoing
Pics ©Francesco Dipierro unless otherwise stated w/ ©Author
GEP: Google Earth Pro
Hoop I — GROUND
Hoop II — DOWN
Hoop III — PORTABLE
Hoop IV — PORTABLE PLUS
Hoop VI — HIDDEN
Hoop VIII — BACKBOARD
Hoop X — RIM
©2024—Francesco Dipierro
©2024—Francesco Dipierro